Ken Kesey

“Always stay in your own movie.”

“I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.”

“You're either on the bus or off the bus.”

“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”

“The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking.”

“What do you think you are, for Chrissake, crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average asshole out walkin' around on the streets.”

“The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.”

“Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.”

“To be a bastard, you have to be an intellectual.”

“All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.”

“You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.”

“He who marches out of step hears another drum.”

“Take what you can use and let the rest go by.”

“People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.”